Super Righteous Player
Chapter 620 - 161 Ceremony: Practice of Void Spirit Sect_1

Chapter 620: Chapter 161 Ceremony: Practice of Void Spirit Sect_1

Annan picked up the pre-processed, handkerchief-sized piece of cowhide with hair and sniffed it gently.

It seemed that for Annan’s convenience, the distinctive smell of the cowhide’s fur had been largely removed.

Annan set aside the "Deep Blue Guardian".

He then picked up the delicate crystal rod engraved with complex patterns... Annan glanced over it briefly; it seemed to be some kind of star chart.

It looked rather fancy.

He silently marveled.

Although Annan had hardly performed any rituals, his body was acting incredibly naturally.

Annan gently uncorked the small brown bottle containing "Serpent’s Tears", dipped the crystal rod into it to soak thoroughly, and then held it above the cowhide.

After a "drop" of tear fell, he reimmersed it in the small bottle. He repeated this until three tears had fallen. After the three teardrops were soaked in, the cowhide seemed unchanged, but suddenly all the tears were absorbed into it.

——Thus, the simple sealing release ritual was halfway complete.

Subsequently, Annan turned the knob and deftly lit the green flame lamp on the table, igniting it on the first try.

After the slender and stable flame was lit, Annan used a large pair of tongs to pick up the "Deep Blue Guardian" and held it over the fire, roasting it slowly and evenly.

About every three or four seconds, Annan would use a different finger of his left hand to touch the ring, testing its temperature.

The most difficult aspect of the ritual was its many imprecise measurements — such as how many steps to take, the degree of heating, the degree of cooling... It sounded as vague as "the right amount". Due to the high cost, danger, and variability of materials in mystic rituals, few dared to quantify the process.

Therefore, in many cases, one had to rely on instinct and luck.

Fortunately, the temperature required for this ritual was not particularly high.

As soon as it reached the point where it was "slightly warm but not red", Annan immediately withdrew it from the fire and completely wrapped it with the treated cowhide, holding the cowhide packet enclosing the ring with both hands and gently rolling and wiping it between his palms, like making a sweet rice dumpling.

"...Hmm?"

Annan uttered a soft exclamation.

After just a couple of wipes, he suddenly felt something was off with the texture.

It was as if he had snapped off a gemstone...

...I didn’t just rub off the gemstone, did I?

Annan hurriedly opened the cowhide packet, only to find that the blue gemstone indeed fell out.

And it wasn’t just the gemstone. The originally pure silver part had also been directly erased. It appeared as though a layer covering it had been wiped away; with each wipe, a piece of the silver casing would be stripped off, and after just a few rubs, the parts that held the gemstone in place were all gone. That’s why the gem fell out.

As Annan continued to wipe, the remaining traces of silver on it were effortlessly removed. Silver dust fell, all of it adhering to the cowhide.

The ring itself revealed a new essence.

——It was a slender female ring made entirely of deep blue gemstones.

Annan looked up instinctively, his gaze turning to the Hand of Winter called "Zoya".

The ring on her left ring finger looked almost identical to the one Annan held.

The only difference, other than the color, was that Annan’s ring did not emit the extremely dangerous chill. That fierce coldness would have frozen fingers off if they weren’t belonging to a Cripple Wizard.

The ring in Annan’s hands, although still very cold to the touch, was more akin to metal objects outdoors in winter... It was at a level safe even for ordinary people to touch.

Of course, if one were to lick it, it might not be as safe.

Following Annan’s wiping, the prompt also changed immediately:

[Deep Blue Guardian, Lily Rasputin’s Secret Ring]

[Type: Ring/Ritual Implement (Gold)]

[Description: Lily Rasputin’s secret ring, its seal having been completely lifted]

[Effect: Wear to trigger ritual: Ethereal Teachings]

[Ethereal Teachings: Before your eyes, an illusion of the ritual conductor "Lily Rasputin" will appear, and she will expound some "knowledge" to you; this knowledge is a catalogue, from which you can directly learn any complete part of any category of knowledge; but once you extract it, no one else will be able to inherit this item through the ritual again]

So that’s how it is.

Annan didn’t hesitate to put the [Deep Blue Guardian] on his left ring finger.

In his eyes, the ring suddenly burst into a strong white light, with countless particle-like specks of dust scattering from the ring and slowly coalescing before him—Annan quickly turned his head back to check the pupils of the others.

Neither Ivan nor Zoya saw this anomaly.

A complete illusion?

Soon, the light formed the figure of a woman sitting in a chair.

She looked very young, probably just over twenty.

Annan involuntarily glanced at the painting by the bed.

"Lily Rasputin" bore a striking seven-point resemblance to his mother Anya and was considered a beauty as well; her demeanor, however, did not possess Anya’s cold and noble air.

Lily gave off more of a "cute" vibe. A small flower adorned her hair, exactly like the silver-purple flowers from the sea of flowers where Annan and Kafney first met.

...With that in mind, Tan Juan’s flawed appearance must be the Crow’s doing.

This thought popped into Annan’s mind first.

Based on their true blood relationship... Tan Juan Geraint could be considered Annan’s first cousin.

While Tan Juan’s appearance could also be considered above average, it clearly fell short by more than one level compared to Annan and Maria.

Upon reflection, Crow was the true spy—his appearance was that of a complete nobody. Even with Annan’s memory, he couldn’t remember what Crow looked like.

Eugene Geraint’s almost demonic "ordinariness," although also making people forget his face, was at least noticeable. Crow, on the other hand, had nothing remarkable about him... Annan had even forgotten what his back and voice sounded like.

This strange gift, indeed, was a blessing for a spy.

But it was also because of his shortcomings that the once-decent looks of Crow’s sons had been dragged down quite a bit...

However, that being said... Crow and Lily were more than twenty years apart in age, right?

"Ahh, can you hear me?"

Lily Rasputin opened her mouth and stared at Annan as she spoke a few words.

Her voice was light and bouncy, reminiscent of a naive teenage girl.

Without waiting for Annan to respond, she went on to say, "Although I don’t know who will be opening this ring... but I must first declare that it wasn’t Euphemia Melvin who kidnapped me here, nor did I kill her!

"We were very good friends. This was our deal... to exchange lives. It’s a crazy trade, right?"

As she said this, Lily stuck out her tongue, "Dad would break my legs if he knew I ran off to marry an old man!

"But I think... by the time this ring is opened, Dad probably won’t be able to see anymore."

Her expression became slightly wistful as she said this.

But Lily quickly perked up, "The first secret I want to reveal is about the truth of that trade with Euphie—

"Actually, from the beginning, I knew I wouldn’t live long."

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